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A review by teekeita
The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center by Rhaina Cohen
informative
medium-paced
3.0
book 41. this is a comprehensive qualitative account of ways that people (mainly white & USian) have formed close relationships that typically would be reserved for romantic partners. Cohen does a great job of describing these types of relationships and how they brush up against compulsary
heterosexuality and other norms. it's a PhD read for me as it's a book length data on intimacy outside of sex/romance; but i was left lacking because there wasn't any theoretical/conceptual interventions. this is firmily because of my needs of a book on this subject/expertise and less an issue on the writing. it's also not marketed as an academic text...but i was hopeful. i would love reporters to enage in more conceptualisation rather than reportage. makes it richer!
heterosexuality and other norms. it's a PhD read for me as it's a book length data on intimacy outside of sex/romance; but i was left lacking because there wasn't any theoretical/conceptual interventions. this is firmily because of my needs of a book on this subject/expertise and less an issue on the writing. it's also not marketed as an academic text...but i was hopeful. i would love reporters to enage in more conceptualisation rather than reportage. makes it richer!